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2 October 2026

Regulation

AI giants promise Trump they will police themselves, with no law to make them

Executives from Google, Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI and Nvidia signed a voluntary safety agreement at the White House. Trump calls it “morally binding”, and it is not clear who will check that it is kept.

4 sources

Why it mattersThe safety of the most advanced models is left in the hands of those who build them. The agreement creates no legal obligations and, according to the New York Times, cited by Xataka, it is not clear who would monitor compliance. WIRED…

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  1. Models

    The new mid-tier Claude nearly matches the priciest one at half the cost, Anthropic says

    Claude Sonnet 5.5 keeps its predecessor's price and, according to Anthropic, comes very close to Opus 5.5, which costs twice as much. Almost all the figures behind that claim come from the company itself.

    5 sources2 min read

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